Peyton and Isaac playing with doll with magnetic clothes I got at the garage sales.

Hailey had a low grade fever and her hip hurt this morning so I brought her home with me while Melissa went to Bible Study.  Always love having this girl over.

Evan, the Birthday Boy and Daniel had lots of fun on the trampoline, swings etc.

Peyton and Isaac had lots of fun too!

Hailey, Evan and Daniel on the trampoline.

Hailey doing a flip for me.

Peyton, Isaac, Evan and Daniel

Kenzie pulling into my driveway for the first time after getting out of school.  Her first car and she just got her first job too!  The Lord is good!

 Bill trying out his scooter for the first time.  Got a great deal on it at a garage sale.  Got it so he can use it at the campground.

Peyton wasn't too happy about riding on the scooter.  

Bill and Isaac riding the scooter.  Isaac loved it and wanted to go again.

Nana's turn.  Took me a little longer to get the hang of it.  

 Called to wish Evan Happy Birthday this morning and Melissa said she was taking him to Tim Horton's for a donut.  I told her I would meet them there.  Hailey came too as she had a low grade fever and her hip was hurting.   I prayed for her when I got there.  We had muffins (the kids had donuts) and drinks.  I took Hailey home with me while Evan and Melissa went to Bible Study.  Bill and I anointed Hailey and prayed together for her.  Shortly after we got home, Kimmy came.  A little while later, Vikki and the twins came.  Hailey told me she was feeling all better!  Thank you Lord. Melissa, Evan and Daniel came after Bible Study and McDonald's.  Kimmy and Vikki typed in all Bill's contacts into his email.  Vikki read them while Kimmy typed.  He had a very long list too.  Thanks girls.  Melissa and I watched the kids ha ha.  I say ha ha because the kids started going into the garage and we didn't notice until Kimmy and Vikki said something.  We did better after that.  The kids all had fun playing and jumping in the trampoline.  Kenzie drove her car here from school so it was nice to see her.  Way to go Kenzie!  After Kenzie left, the batteries came for the scooter so we went out and tried it.  At 6, we met Wes, Gayla and Joel at G's Pizzeria. Great pizza and wonderful fellowship.  Such a wonderful day.

Phyllis, Ruth and I (and photo bomb)

Loved our visit with Ruth today!  She will be 99 in June!

Went for a long walk with these two sweeties and Vikki today after Bill and I cut the grass at His Restoration.

Our care group and John Galsterer's care group with be cutting the grass at His Restoration again this year.  Dad and I did it today.  We had quite a few from our care group sign up.  John and Erin's care group will fill in the blanks.

Got up and enjoyed my coffee and breakfast out on the deck this morning.  It was so nice out.  Vikki and Rody came over and put the plates on Kenzie's car and picked it up to take and have it checked out.  Took it to Firestone but they wanted $600.00.  Then they called Ed and he can get it done where he works for a couple of hundred. Thank you Lord!  Met Phyllis where Ruth Kish lives and we had a very nice visit with her.  She  will be 99 years old in June.  She is amazing and so sharp.  We would mention a prayer need and she would pray for them right away.  A powerful prayer too.  She is such an example of faithfulness to the Lord and such a witness.  When she was in her late 80's she went on a mission trip to Russia.  When we left there I met Bill and we mowed the grass at His Restoration.  Then I went to Vikki's and she, Peyton, Isaac and I walked over a mile.  It was a beautiful day.

 

Our birthday celebration for Iain.

Livia took this pic of Kim and I in our party hats.

The kids eating their cupcakes!

 Added these pics tonight.  We had a birthday celebration to honor Iain!  His mom brought delicious banana cupcakes.  So much fun with these kiddos.  We learned about Paul tonight and how we need to be telling others about Jesus.

We celebrated Vicky's and MaryAnn's Birthdays tonight!  Half the cake has Mich. Decorations on it and half has Michigan Decorations on it.  In the Middle is the Tiger's decoration.

These were last weeks Birthday Boys, Roy and Dennis!

Kim and Vicky.  Kim made the cake.  Notice her shirt!  Half Mich, half Mich. State.  She is so sweet and cute!  She sure takes good care of everyone in our care group and makes everyone feel special.

Went to our breakfast this morning.  Louise, her daughter Becky and son in law Dave got back from Florida last night, so came to breakfast which was a nice surprise.  After breakfast, I went to Melissa's and watched Evan while she took Max to an appt.  Evan was so cute and fun.  Wish I would remember to take pics.  Met Vikki afterwards at the rail trail.  We were going to walk it.  Ended up going to her house because we needed to take sweetie Isaac with us.  He was at grammy's and didn't like having some workers there.  It upset him.  We really enjoyed our walk.  We walked a little over a mile.  I didn't remember to take pics of Isaac either.  Will have to try harder to remember.  We sure had a nice walk.  Thanks Vikki for the good idea.  We will have to do it more often.  Came home and got ready for care group.  We had fourteen here tonight.  Our care group is becoming like family with one another and it is so nice.  We are very blessed.  While we were eating snacks, dad asked if anyone had a praise report.  Vikki had called me a few minutes before and told me Kenzie got the job at Culver's!  Thank you Lord.  I gave that as a praise report.  Bill was so surprised!  I am so happy for Kenzie.  This was her first interview ever.  Kim made a cake for the birthday girls, Vicky and  MaryAnn.   She had it decorated so cute.  Vicky brought veggies so we could eat healthy too.  Bill did a great job leading Bible Study.  Lots of good input from everyone too.  God is Good!

The rest of today. Ended up having two posts because I did them at different times and forgot to use the edit feature.

                                                                   Jacob and his chicken.

I got to feed one of the lambs today.  Sure can drink a bottle fast.  So cute!

Eli and I feeding the lambs!

Eli is a very good helper!

This is Jacob's transformer he made!  Above is the vehicle and below is the person.  He's pretty creative.  I see great things in store for this young man!  Way to go Jacob!

Picked the boys up from the bus today to surprise them.

I was very happy to see Jacob, Adam and Eli today when we picked them up.  Eli's bus won!  Ha Ha!


Took Kenzie to school early so she could finish a paper she tried to do at my house but my old computer wasn't working right so she couldn't finish it.  After that, I went and walked 2 miles at Sports Zone.  Then I came home and changed then headed to Kimmy's for a computer lesson.  Thank you Kimmy for all I learned and all I got done today.  I really appreciate you and love you!  We had soup in my new mugs, a cutie orange, and strawberries.  Stayed so I could get to see the boys.  Loved spending time with them.  Came home and made a grilled chicken salad.  Bill had a bowl of soup with his.  Did our lesson for care group tomorrow night.  Pray for Bill as he is coming down with a cold.

Bill and I at the garage sales for the walleye festival.

Della and Oscar...Kimmy's sheep.

My easel I got at the garage sales cleaned up really well.

Kenzie eating her soup and Mocha begging!

Used my new soup mug from my friend Vikki!  It works great.

Kenzie organized my new box I got at the garage sales.

We went to church this morning.  Vik and her family, Melissa and her family and Stacie and her family were there and we all sat together.  After church we gave Melissa her birthday present in the parking lot.  She opened her mug like the rest of us in the family have.  It's a thermos and keeps things really hot.  Bill and I went to fill both vehicles up with gas at 1.00 off 70 gal. so saved lots of money.  Then we stopped at Mooney's an ice cream cone.  Yum!  Kenzie went to see Wild Crats with Melissa, Bruce and Family at the Dow Event Center.  When she got home she called and I picked her up to come finish her homework on my computer.  While she was here she had a cup of my homemade soup I just finished making and also organized my new container for my charms.  She did a great job.  I filled the bird bath so the birds will be happy.

Woody doing bike blessing!

Bill by all the bike as we were getting ready to leave.

Other bikes getting ready to leave.

Those of us from Faith Riders who rode in the cold today!

We went to the Bay Shore Kick off this evening.  We got there early.  All the tables filled up shortly after.

After we were done at the Harley Dealer, we stopped to visit with Joel.  He was doing an amazing job coloring a picture of a tiger.

We headed out on the motorcycle at 9 a.m.  Went to meet up at Meijer's.  It was pretty cold...in the 30's.  We went to the Harley Davidson Biker blessing on M-20.  They changed the day this year and with the weather cold there weren't too many that came out.  Usually there are so many bikes the parking lot is full.  Missed Kimmy, Jared and the boys who have always came but Adam had a soccer game so they couldn't make it.  Did hear that Adam scored in the game though and were so happy about that.  Way to go Adam!  We rode as a group to the Harley Dealership and had hot dogs and chili.  Then we went to visit Joel with Wes and Gayla before heading home.  The wind picked up and it was pretty cool riding.  Got home and turned my heated throw on and made a hot cup of coffee.  Then an hour later we headed to Colon for another motorcycle event.  We were in the car though as we just stopped there for a little while before going to Bay Shore Camp Kickoff Dinner.  The food at Bay Shore was delicious, appetizers (lots of different cheese balls..poor Bill) and veggies and fruit.  Chicken and tender beef for dinner along with all the fixings and cheese cake for dessert. Poor Bill again.  Jeff and Cindy (camp director and his wife) asked to sit with us at our table and were such a blessing to talk to.  The program was amazing as they honored Kent Fischel and all he has done for the Lord at the camp and else where.  He came to Bay Shore when he was in high school and was kicked out of the camp the first time he came.  The second time, he accepted the Lord and was never the same afterward.  He became the Youth Dean and and evangelist!  We sang worship songs from the different years which was fun.

Eli in Papa's truck.  Bill was watching him and took him to garage sales and bought him a few things  

Looks like Eli is Papa's boy!

Another day of garage sales!  It was beautiful today.  In the 50's and sunny.  We walked 4 and 1/2 miles while we shopped.  Dad watched Eli and took him shopping.  I found a scooter that was in great shape and thought Bill would like it for Outdoor Adv. so called him to come look at it.  He liked it and talked the guy down.Well when Bill came to look at the scooter, he saw Meissa and Bruce.  She called to see if dad would babysit Evan, so dad picked him up at Leaman's.We had run into Bruce and Melissa while they were shopping.  I told her that dad would watch Evan but they didn't want to take him all the way back to our house.  Bill took Vikki, Kimmy and I to our van when he went to get Evan..  I rode in the truck and the girls rode in the back.    Wish I would have gotten pics of Evan too.  He loved riding in Papa's truck and riding on the lawn mower.  We shopped until 3:30 and headed back to the van.  Then shopped more on our way down River Rd.  After I got home, I got ready and Bill and I went to Sports Zone for their fish fry.  It was so busy.  We sat at a table with two other couples.  We were able to share about the Lord with the couple next to us.  We came home and Bill finished the lawn and I dug up around my flowers by the shed.  We also put edging up along the bottom of the shed deck to try to keep critters out.  Came in and watched more of the show about America.

There was light snow on the ground as we headed out to the garage sales during the Walleye festival.  Peyton, Isaac and Eli were all bundled up and ready to shop.

Kody opening his Easter Basket.  He was so excited.

Kody liked his chicken sucker.

Kimmy dropped the boys off at school and then she and Eli came over to go to garage sales.  She brought our new computer back that she stayed up till 5am working on setting up for us.  What a fantastic daughter she is.  Thank you so much Kimmy. Vikki met us and we headed out in the cold.  We started out walking but then the wind picked up and the kids got cold  Pey Pey started crying.  We decided to go back to the car and then drive and leave the kids in the van where we could see them while we shopped.  I found a dry erase board/chalk board easel for $10 that is very nice.  Found other good deals too.  We had our lunch in the van.  Kimmy brought farm fresh boiled eggs for egg salad sandwiches.  They were yummy.  Vikki brought me a big bowl of fruit that was yummy too.  I cut up cheese in to cubes and slices.  We all had our water bottles.  Vikki brought animal crackers to snack on.  After we were done, Bill and I went to Stacie's to take Kody his birthday present and Easter basket.  He loved the suckers in his basket and the light up toy.  He took the puzzle and put the pieces in right away.  We were amazed at how it did it so quickly for only being two.  We came home and watched the story of America on tv.